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* This is the replication archive for:
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* "Does Threatening their Franchise Make Registered Voters More Likely to Participate? 
*  Evidence from an Aborted Voter Purge"
* Daniel R. Biggers and Daniel A. Smith
* British Journal of Political Science
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* This version: 1.0, February 2018
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This replication file contains data and Stata code necessary to replicate
the analyses presented in both the published article and the supporting
information. Code used to match voter information records to voter history 
records, as well as code used to match these records to records of those who appeared
on the subject and challenge lists, has been withheld to preserve subject anonymity.

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In the "data" subdirectory are the following files:

biggers_smith_bjps_main_data.dta:
	An individual-level Stata dataset that contains the information
	necessary to analyze the effect of being on the challenge list on 
	the subsequent propensity to vote in the 2012 general election.

biggers_smith_bjps_metaanalysis_data:
	A study-level Stata dataset that contains the treatment coefficient
	and standard error estimates from the list of prior voter mobilization
	field experiments conducted during presidential elections, taken from 
	Table B-1 of the technical appendix of Green and Gerber (2015). The 
	dataset contains the information necessary to conduct the meta-analysis 
	in the "Is Reactance the Mechanism?" section.


In the main directory is the following file:

biggers_smith_bjps_dofile.do
	A Stata .do file that draws in the two data files described above and performs 
	the same analyses as those presented in the paper and supporting information. The 
	file produces tables in the "tables" subdirectory.